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field in blue-green

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forest's edge inspired by eyvind earle with gouache

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some miscellaneous paintings using gouache and acrylics

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ocean paintings done in gouache and POSCA paint markers. the first one was a collaboration with a friend. for some reason i always gravitate towards blue when i paint 🤔

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some Mary Blair inspired paintings done in gouache and POSCA paint markers over the past couple of years. the middle one is my favorite ^_^

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on a larger canvas, based on a photo i took just after the sun set. goauche.

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I haven’t been posting lately because I haven’t had the energy nor time for art, but here are two small canvases I painted a few months ago!! left is with uni posca markers and the right was done with gouache. both were inspired by Mary Blair’s Cinderella concept art 🥰

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a study on Mary Blair, specifically for her work on Disney’s Cinderella, on a 15.6cm ² canvas. medium is uni posca paint markers

very proud of this one! it definitely went off the rails near the end of it, but i like the final result nonetheless. i hope to one day have as much mastery over colors as the great blair did!

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hello! it’s been a while since i posted here. thank you for still following me despite the lack of updates/new art. it’s not that i haven’t been drawing, but just that there wasn’t really anything i felt compelled to post here.

but now i have something to show! these are three 6.5x6.5cm canvases painted using uni posca paint markers, which i’ve gotten increasingly comfortable with. the canvases themselves are cheap in quality, so don’t mind the weird borders and corners 😅 i had fun with these so i’ll definitely make more~

please check my newly made art twitter! updates will be more frequent there, as i’ll save compiled posts for this tumblr account

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pfft i forgot to post this… art summary for 2019 =w= i ended up drawing a lot more traditional than digital, so it was actually a little hard to find entries. also could not find anything noteworthy for nov-dec… rip trying to get more comfortable with my posca markers!!! it’s a bit hard tho bc im impatient and don’t wait long enough for the paint to dry lol

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[thoughts of you, thoughts of love] Purple violet - Thoughts occupied by love

i love a blue boy whose favorite things includes violets

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a dear friend of mine got me a set of posca markers for my birthday and i’ve been having a BLAST playing with them! they have very vivid hues and (with a bit of patience) don’t smear at all. it’s definitely gonna take some time to get used to them but i look forward to it ^^

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POPNikki Fall Event Recap - July

This is an art blog, but I dabbled into writing for the Fall 2018 Issue of @popnikkiofficial and I wanted to post the (extended) article I wrote! I wrote an event recap following Iri’s event recap in the Summer 2018 Issue, but I decided to include some cultural notes based on my research. Mine goes from July through November, and I’ve split up the recaps according to months.

Event Recaps: July (here) // August // September // October // November

The Smile Circus (7/15 – 7/21)

        This event saw the return of our favorite clowns, with a focus on a pair of close friends. Smile is trying desperately help her friend Claire smile with Magic Cards that you must collect to trade for parts for the Joker and Magic Card and Aria of Night suits. Both suits feature gorgeous curly hair, circus cats, giant glass cards, and fun clown outfits. This event was also a surprise first appearance of future story characters Yue Qianshuang and Ming Shuiyuan, who appeared in upcoming lore-heavy events.

Momo's Birthday (7/25)

        While not an event hosted in the game, the official Love Nikki Facebook held a photo contest asking fans to submit photos of their lovable cats to celebrate our favorite snarky fashion adviser's birthday. At the end of the contest, 50 random players would be chosen to win 100 diamonds each! So generous, unlike our favorite snarky, stingy cat.

The Fox Wedding Pavilion (7/25 – 7/31)

        This time-limited event Pavilion focused on a yokai, much like the Shuten Doji Pavilion. Yokai are Japanese spirits, who range from harmless creatures who like to play pranks to ferocious and powerful demons that terrorize humans. Yoco was a fox spirit who fell in love with a human man after saving his life. Finding out that he was to marry a human woman, Yoco took it upon herself to become the bride instead. The featured suit is Yoco's bride outfit in the traditional Japanese style, with her fellow fox spirit servants and gorgeous floating card backdrops. The white hood with fox ears comes separate from the dress, and features a new foxy makeup item.

Koinobori Kimono (7/25 – 7/31)

        Koinobori Kimono was a stamina-driven event that gave us a summer yukata and its two additional recolors. It features a sweet young girl, holding koinobori in a traditional summer yukata. Koinobori are fish kites that fly in Japan on May 5, Children's Day. Previously known as "Tangen no sekku" and celebrating only the health and bright future of boys, the modern-day iteration of "Kodomo no Hi" celebrates both boys and girls, as well as their mothers, fathers, and other family members.

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here’s my yearly art summary for 2018! i ended up drawing a TON more love nikki than i thought i did but hey, who can say no to such pretty clothes? it’s also nice to have been able to do some complete painted pieces thanks to POPNikki 💕

commission info // POPNikki

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Day 26 of my LN Inktober: Favorite Evolution Suit, Dreamy Afternoon Tea ☕️ 💕

I really adore this suit! The tiny teacup headband, the large golden spoon, the biscuit brooch and buttons… what’s NOT to love about this outfit, especially with the really cute short blunt bangs? 💗💗 what a cute suit!!

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these are the two collaboration covers i did alongside with @donsveertje and @twilightjoltik-toumei for the summer 2018 cover, and @donsveertje for the fall 2018 cover.

please click on those links to read the @popnikkiofficial zines~! I did the lineart, some of the coloring, and the post-edits for both pieces ^^

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this was my solo art contribution for @popnikkiofficial‘s fall 2018 issue! it was the back cover featuring bobo in some winter fashion. the items included are: monochrome glaze, snow (top), cold night arrival, teleport skill, encounter in winter, and imprint of garrison.